diff --git a/ActionCableClient.podspec b/ActionCableClient.podspec
index 41e1082..c7da9ff 100644
--- a/ActionCableClient.podspec
+++ b/ActionCableClient.podspec
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
   s.source_files = 'Source/Classes/**/*'
   s.frameworks = 'Foundation'
-  s.dependency 'Starscream', '~> 3.0.3'
+  s.dependency 'Starscream', '~> 3.1'
 end
diff --git a/Source/Classes/ActionCableClient.swift b/Source/Classes/ActionCableClient.swift
index 19e1822..5a5e2af 100644
--- a/Source/Classes/ActionCableClient.swift
+++ b/Source/Classes/ActionCableClient.swift
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ open class ActionCableClient {
     open var headers : [String: String]? {
         get { return socket.request.allHTTPHeaderFields }
         set {
-            for (field, value) in headers ?? [:] {
+            for (field, value) in newValue ?? [:] {
                 socket.request.setValue(value, forHTTPHeaderField: field)
             }
         }
@@ -349,8 +349,16 @@ extension ActionCableClient {
     fileprivate func didDisconnect(_ error: Swift.Error?) {
         
         var attemptReconnect: Bool = true
+        var rejected: Bool = false
         var connectionError: ConnectionError?
         
+        if let error = error as? WSError {
+            if error.type == Starscream.ErrorType.protocolError {
+                print("ActionCable connection rejected: \(error)")
+                rejected = true;
+            }
+        }
+        
         let channels = self.channels
         for (_, channel) in channels {
             let message = Message(channelName: channel.uid, actionName: nil, messageType: MessageType.hibernateSubscription, data: nil, error: nil)
@@ -364,7 +372,7 @@ extension ActionCableClient {
         }
         
         // Reconcile reconncetion attempt with manual disconnect
-        attemptReconnect = !manualDisconnectFlag && attemptReconnect
+        attemptReconnect = !manualDisconnectFlag && attemptReconnect && !rejected
         
         // disconnect() has not been called and error is
         // worthy of attempting a reconnect.
diff --git a/Source/Classes/Channel.swift b/Source/Classes/Channel.swift
index d3ecb6e..4dc8909 100644
--- a/Source/Classes/Channel.swift
+++ b/Source/Classes/Channel.swift
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ open class Channel: Hashable, Equatable {
     internal var onReceiveActionHooks: Dictionary<String, OnReceiveClosure> = Dictionary()
     internal unowned var client: ActionCableClient
     internal var actionBuffer: Array<Action> = Array()
-    open let hashValue: Int = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(Int32.max)))
+    public let hashValue: Int = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(Int32.max)))
 }
 
 public func ==(lhs: Channel, rhs: Channel) -> Bool {